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== Events ==
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=== By place ===

==== Europe ====
* [[February]] &ndash; King [[Louis the Blind|Louis III]] ('''the Blind''') is crowned as [[Holy Roman Emperor]] by Pope [[Pope Benedict IV|Benedict IV]] at [[Rome]].<ref>Charles Albert Cingria [https://books.google.com/books?id=fqBUzh3pQgUC&pg=PA72 ''La reine Berthe''] L'AGE D'HOMME, 1992. {{ISBN|978-2-8251-0347-0}}.</ref> His rival [[Berengar I of Italy|Berengar I]] seeks refuge in [[Bavaria]] at the court of King [[Louis the Child|Louis IV]] ('''the Child''').<ref>Marie Nicolas Bouillet [https://books.google.com/books?id=fOgOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA158 ''Atlas universel d'histoire et de géographie, Volume 1''] L. Hachette, 1865.</ref>
* [[March]] &ndash; [[Abdallah II of Ifriqiya|Abu Abbas Abdallah]] resumes his Aghlabid campaign against the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] enclaves of [[Emirate of Sicily|Sicily]]. He dispatches his fleet towards [[Messina]], while bombarding the town walls of Damona.<ref>Italian History: Timeline - Lombard Leagues Board [https://lombardleagues.proboards.com/thread/68/italian history-timeline?page=10].</ref>
* [[June 10]] &ndash; Abu Abbas Abdallah crosses the [[Strait of Messina]] and proceeds to [[Reggio Calabria]]. Appearing before its walls, the Byzantine [[garrison]] flees, surrendering the city to the [[Aghlabids]].<ref>Giovanni Fiore [https://books.google.com/books?id=OEfiHj0umRYC&pg=PA536 ''Della Calabria illustrata, Volume 3 ''] Rubbettino Editore srl, 1999. {{ISBN|978-88-498-0196-5}}.</ref>
* Summer &ndash; Abu Abbas Abdallah defeats a relief Byzantine navy dispatched from [[Constantinople]] at Messina. He dismantles the fortifications of Messina and transfers his booty to [[Palermo]].
* [[July 10]] &ndash; Battle of [[Zamora, Spain|Zamora]]: In [[Al-Andalus]], Ibn al-Qitt and Abū Naṣr ‘Abd Allāh ibn ‘Alī al-Sarrāj call for a small [[jihad]], but are defeated by King [[Alfonso III of Asturias|Alfonso III]].<ref>Jean-Michel Poisson [https://books.google.com/books?id=HZQi4XRQE2IC&pg=PA91 ''Frontière et peuplement dans le monde méditerranéen au Moyen Âge: actes du colloque d'Erice, Trapani (Italie), tenu du 18 au 25 septembre 1988, Volume 4''] Casa de Velázquez, 1992. {{ISBN|978-2-7283-0256-7}}.</ref>

==== Britain ====
* Fall<ref name="anglo-saxons.net">[http://www.anglo-saxons.net/hwaet/?do=get&type=person&id=EdwardtheElder#5 Anglo-Saxons.net : Edward the Elder].</ref> &ndash; [[Æthelwold ætheling|Æthelwold]] (a son of [[Æthelred of Wessex|Æthelred I]]) rebels against his cousin, King [[Edward the Elder]]. He comes with a fleet to [[Essex]], and encourages the Danish [[Vikings]] of [[Kingdom of East Anglia|East Anglia]] to rise up.<ref>N. J. Higham, David Hill [https://books.google.com/books?id=OBb4DrSm4NwC&pg=PA189 ''Edward the Elder, 899-924''] Routledge, 2001. {{ISBN|978-0-415-21497-1}}.</ref>
* Edward the Elder takes the title "King of the [[Anglo-Saxons]]". His mother, Dowager-Queen [[Ealhswith]], founds the [[St Mary's Abbey, Winchester|Nunnaminster]] at [[Winchester]] and retires into a religious life there. 
* The first written mention is made of [[Shrewsbury]] ([[West Midlands (region)|West Midlands]]).

==== Arabian Empire ====
* [[February 18]] &ndash; [[Thābit ibn Qurra]] dies at [[Baghdad]], having served as court [[astronomer]] to the [[Abbasid Caliphate|Abbasid]] Caliph [[Al-Mutadid]]. He has spent his life translating and teaching the works of Greek [[mathematicians]], and of his own.
* [[Abu 'Abdullah al-Shi'i]] leads the rebellion of the [[Kutama]] [[Berbers]] (a movement of the [[Shia Islam|Shiʿite]] [[Fatimid Caliphate|Fatimids]]), against the Aghlabid emirate in [[Ifriqiya]] (modern [[Tunisia]]).<ref>[[T.W. Arnold]] [https://books.google.com/books?id=zJU3AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA74 ''E.J. Brill's first encyclopaedia of Islam, 1913-1936, Volume 9''] BRILL, 1987. {{ISBN|978-90-04-08265-6}}.</ref>

==== Asia ====
* [[January 24]] &ndash; Emperor [[Emperor Zhaozong of Tang|Zhao Zong]] of the [[Tang dynasty|Tang Dynasty]] (after he is briefly deposed by general [[Liu Jishu]]) is restored to the Chinese [[throne]]. Liu, with four [[eunuch]] family members are killed.
* [[January 25]] &ndash; [[Sugawara no Michizane]], a Japanese [[Japanese poetry|poet]], is demoted from his [[Aristocracy (class)|aristocratic]] rank and is [[exile]]d to a minor official post at [[Dazaifu (government)|Dazaifu]] ([[Chikuzen Province]]).<ref>Éric Faure [https://books.google.com/books?id=v-sNhVT1dwgC&pg=PA39 ''Les fêtes traditionnelles á Kyôto: un voyage dans les traditions de l'ancien Japon'' Editions L'Harmattan, 2003]. {{ISBN|978-2-7475-5451-0}}.</ref>
* The Kingdom of [[Taebong|Hu Goguryeo]] is established by the rebel leader [[Gung Ye]]. He subjugates the local lords in the [[Korean Peninsula]] and proclaims himself king. 
* In [[China]], [[Fuzhou]] City ([[Fujian|Fujian Province]]) is expanded, with the construction of a new [[Defensive wall|city wall]] ("Luo City").
* [[Abaoji]] is elected chieftain of the Yila tribe and becomes commander of all [[Khitan people|Khitan]] military forces.

==== Mesoamerica ====
* The [[Mesoamerican ballgame]] court is dedicated by the [[Maya civilization|Maya]] ruler [[Chan Chak K'ak'nal Ajaw]] (also known as '''Lord Chac''') at [[Uxmal]] (modern [[Mexico]]).
* The [[Toltec Empire|Toltec]]s establish themselves at [[Tula (Mesoamerican site)|Tula]]. The city becomes the capital and rises to prominence after the fall of [[Teotihuacan]] (approximate date).

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==== Religion ====
* [[January]] &ndash; [[Arethas of Caesarea]] speaks on the occasion of the [[Epiphany (holiday)|Epiphany]]. He becomes the official [[rhetor]] at the Byzantine court of Emperor [[Leo VI the Wise|Leo VI]] ('''the Wise''') at [[Constantinople]], and is nominated as Archbishop of [[Kayseri|Caesarea]] in [[Cappadocia]].<ref>Michael Grünbart [https://books.google.com/books?id=AKPl51JMLssC&pg=PA259 ''Theatron : rhetorische Kultur in Spätantike und Mittelalter'' ] Walter de Gruyter, 2007. {{ISBN|978-3-11-019476-0}}.</ref>
* [[March 1]] &ndash; [[Nicholas Mystikos]], a layman close to [[Photios I of Constantinople|Photios]], becomes [[Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople|Patriarch of Constantinople]].<ref>Theodora Antonopoulou [https://books.google.com/books?id=U9SzVoeMgpMC&pg=PA7 ''The Homilies of the Emperor Leo VI''] BRILL, 1997. {{ISBN|978-90-04-10814-1}}.</ref>
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